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(No Model.)

J. KEOK.

NASAL INHALER AND IRRIGATOR. No. 285.753.. Patented Sept. 25, 1883.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JAMES KECK, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

NASAL INHALER. AND IVRRIGAIY'OR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,753, datedSeptember 25, 1883.

Application filed July 14, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom itmay concern 7 Be it known that I, JAMES Knox, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Portland, in the county ofMultnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Nasal Inhalers and Irrigators; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear,and exact description of theinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specificaton, and inwhich- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional View of my improved nasalinhaler and irrigator. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the samethrough line A B in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front View, and Fig. 4 is a planor top View.

Like letters of reference indicate corresp 0nding parts in all thefigures.

My invention appertains to nasal douches of the class known to themedical profession as irrigators, although it is adapted for use also asan inhaler; and it consists in the improved construction of the same,which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointedout in the'claim.

My improved nasal irrigator ismade of glass in a single piece, andconsists of a cylindrical body, E, having a flat bottom, 6, so that itcan be set upon a table or other horizontal support when not in usewithout spilling the contents. At one end the body It is provided withan opening, F, through which the apparatus is filled withthe fluid thatis to be used for irrigation, said opening being adapted to be closed bya cork or rubber plug when the apparatus is not in use. At the other endgans, and again expelled back into the apparatus without removing itfrom the nose.

I am well aware that it is not new to make a nasal douche of glass inone piece and pro- Vided with a pear-shaped nozzle adapted to beinserted into the nostrils; but I am not aware that an irrigator-douchehas ever been made before of the precise construction herein shown.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let- .ers Patent of the UnitedStates, is, therefore The improved nasal irrigator herein shown anddescribed, consisting of a cylindrical glass body, E, having a flatbottom, 6, and provided with the top opening, F, bent neck 9, flush oron a level with the flat bottom, and pear-shaped nozzle G 71, all in onepiece, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES KEOK.

\Vitnesses:

WM. GULLEN Gn'rson, W. S. NEWBURY.

